Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her black fur is knotted and matted. She has green eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in a small desert village. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Emerald (1300 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Black opal (1300 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. He is portly but not overly obese. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is typically in his Healer uniform. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and is pretty ugly. His hair is short and silver. His white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Map Maker business.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 50 pp. Star ruby (1200 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting dire rats, the young Nagrette began to lead the lost caravan. After a long history of fighting, Nagrette and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Jak embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Coral (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Peridot (70 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is dressed in an above average manner. Her brown hair is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Nora liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.